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DEL.ICIO.USMoses wondered the same thing for 40 years
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Which leads us to this: If you want to play political nerd on Tuesday night, watch the Democratic races for governor and lieutenant governor.
From the moment they were cast from power in the state Capitol, Democrats have been arguing over the best path back — whether to cater to hard-core loyalists, and rely on enthusiasm to drive up their numbers, or to reach out to the middle. Steal voters from Republicans, in other words.
Jim Martin, the candidate for lieutenant governor, has chosen the base strategy. Mark Taylor, the candidate for governor, is reaching for the middle.
The result has been a genuine field experiment.
Watch for which candidate out-polls the other. It could determine the direction of the state Democratic party for years to come.
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By Joeventures
November 6, 2006 5:06 PM | Link to this
Is that a field experiement, or a failed experiment?
There’s some detail that will be difficult to figure out after Tuesday. But if it were possible to measure, I would predict that Hayes will get more votes from would-be Taylor voters than would-be Perdue voters.